“Unplugged and Connected!” reminds us there is more to life than what is on the other side of a plug.
The 2015 calendar provides suggested activities and events for friends, families and neighbors to enjoy together. Please visit www.familyaccess.org and click on the Newton Unplugged link on the main menu or go directly to the calendar at this link:
http://familyaccess.org/wp-content/uploads/NewtonUnplugged2015.pdf
Jazz concert and reception featuring jazz vocalist Semenya McCord to benefit NPS Creative Arts & Sciences 2015–2016 programs.
Newton Public Schools’ Creative Arts & Sciences Concert Series performer, Semenya McCord, has been invited to present a very special concert for Newton parents, faculty, and friends. Limited tickets for this 21+ event go on sale February 23rd.
For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit the website at
http://www.newton.k12.ma.us/CASC or contact Stacey Moriarty at st*************@***********ma.us. A flyer is available here: Flyer
April 10th, 7:00 – 10:00 pm
Newton South High School
The Plugged In Teen Band Program is excited to present the British Invasion of Needham, featuring Boston’s #1 Beatles cover band, Beatlejuice and Friends.
Saturday, March 7: 7:00 PM (snow date March 8)
Powers Hall at Needham Town Hall
1471 Highland Ave. Needham
21+ event
Tickets: $30 per person in advance online.
This 21+ event will provide an evening of amazing music, dancing, cash bar and the best fish & chips around (available for sale and served by Captain Marden’s Cod Squad). Proceeds from this event will support Plugged In’s Capital Campaign.
COMMUNITY WEEKEND AT HISTORIC NEWTON
Saturday and Sunday, March 7 and 8
Newton residents are invited to enjoy free admission to both our museums. At the Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds, 286 Waverley Avenue 10:00 AM-4:00 PM AND the Jackson Homestead and Museum, 527 Washington Street Noon-5:00 PM.
HISTORIC NEWTON BOOK CLUB MEETING
Thursday, March 19, 7:30 PM
Offering a nuanced understanding of the American Revolution from the British point of view, this month’s selection is The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution and the Fate of the Empire, by Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy. Contrary to familiar stereotypes, he suggests the loss of the American colonies and was not because British leaders were blundering incompetents. Quite the contrary, they were astute and capable, and in some instances brilliant strategists. The book has won numerous prizes, including the George Washington Book Prize, where the jury praised the book as “a major contribution to the history of the American Revolution.” The book club is free and open to the public; new members are always welcome. At the Jackson Homestead and Museum, 527 Washington Street.
CONFLICT AND TRANSFORMATION: LIFE IN A 19TH CENTURY TOWN
Tuesday, March 24, 7:00 PM (rescheduled from February 10)
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Ever wonder what drives your creativity or how you could be more creative? This workshop will teach you how you connect to creativity, where creativity and invention originate and how they unfold, and how you can effectively harness your creative impulses. Author, teacher and Newton South parent Hilary Spector leads this informal and invaluable afternoon.
Creativity, Moon Cycles and Self Expression Workshop
Saturday, March 28th
1:00 – 4:00 pm in Watertown.
$35 advance registration or $45 at the door. To register or for more information, including location, contact Hilary Spector by email.
Please join us on Sunday, March 15, 2015 at Newton Highland’s very own, Weekday Nursery School (54 Lincoln Street), from 3:00-5:00pm for our annual Fundraiser.All proceeds will benefit Weekday’s Tuition Assistance Fund.
One of Boston’s finest family singer-songwriters, Vanessa Trien, will perform with a trio of her award-winning Jumping Monkeys band for a musical afternoon full of singing, tickling, jumping, singing, flying, and certainly dancing! Vanessa and her Jumping Monkeys have won legions of young fans and their parents alike with their highly interactive, sing-jump-and-dance-along shows and sophisticated acoustic instrumentation, as well as their three Parents’ Choice Award-winning CDs.
Vanessa and the Jumping Monkeys will perform from 3:30-4:30pm, but the event begins at 3:00pm and continues until 5:00pm. All can enjoy face painting, jewelry tattoos, snacks and more.
Advance tickets are $20/family if purchased through the pre-school Director or online using EventBrite website Tickets at the door are $25/family.
For any questions, please contact the pre-school Director, Ann Brown, via e-mail or via phone at 617.527.8895.
Speaker: Pediatric allergist Michael Pistiner, author of “Living Confidently with Food Allergy” and AllergyHome.org website
Tuesday, March 17
7:00 p.m. at Newton-Wellesley Hospital.
Meeting of the Metro-Boston Asthma and Allergy Educational Support Group. The event is free and open to the public. No advance registration required.
For info, call the Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America – New England Chapter at (781)444-7778.
Tickets are now available for “Reigning Cats and Dogs”
March 20, 21, 22
Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St., Watertown
Buy tickets online .
Believe it or not, the media is interested in you and your artwork! But it’s up to you to get the timing right, notify the right editors, and offer the information and tools that editors want, when they need them.
New Art Center in Newton, 61 Washington Park, Newtonville
6:30 – 8:30pm
Presenter: Debbie Hagan, editor-in-chief of Art New England
Fee: $25
In this fun, interactive workshop, artists will learn what tools you need to launch a publicity campaign. We’ll discuss free and inexpensive tips for gaining online and print exposure, how to write news releases and an artist statement, photo requirements for the media and much more. Bring questions, as there will be time for class discussion.
The public is invited to join State Senator Cynthia Stone Creem (D-Newton) and other Senators on Monday, March 2, from 7:00-8:30pm at the Newton North High School cafeteria (located at 457 Walnut Street) for the latest stop on the MA Senate’s “Commonwealth Conversations” Tour.
Members of the public are invited to speak on an issue by signing up, and comments are limited to two minutes to give as many people as possible an opportunity to participate.
Senate President Stan Rosenberg (D- Amherst) and Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R- Gloucester) have tasked all Senate members with assembling regional days to highlight and showcase their districts and to bring the State House to local communities. They, along with Senator Creem and Metro-West colleagues (Senators Richard Ross, Michael Barrett, Eileen Donoghue, James Eldridge, and Karen Spilka) will be attending a full day of events with business and community leaders from Plainville to Lowell, ending with this public forum in Newton.
These tours allow Senators to hear directly from the public, learn more about the issues of other districts and better understand the needs of the Commonwealth. Every Senator is also attending events in other districts.